This chick has an interesting pattern..

[Shipgirl]

I’m guessing this chick is one of the part ameraucana chicks. Interesting pattern on its face. The roo is australorp. I was told the hen could have been australorp, australorp/ameracauna mix or ameraucana.

Anyone seen one like this and could tell me what kind they think it is? Bottom left in last pic

These are the same chicks @NatJ

 

[Shipgirl]

The yellow one is Barred. It's often harder to see on lighter colored birds. Takes a more closer look to notice.

Not yellow, but still not easy to see the barring. View attachment 3440404

Maybe I just need to trust my own instinct and not second guess myself

 

[MysteryChicken]

Maybe I just need to trust my own instinct and not second guess myself

We all do it, from time, to time.

 

[NatJ]

They are supposed to be the australorp roo with cross of hen possibilities:
1. Easter egger( was told ameraucana but thinking it’s just an EE),
2. Wyandotte, (hers are Columbian) but we discussed maybe she has Delaware’s and doesn’t know the difference, hence the barring.
3. Australorp (I think we can all agree they are not pure australorp )

Yes, I agree they are not pure Australorp.

The one certainly has white barring, which must come from either the father or the mother. So there's a barred bird in the mix somewhere, no matter what the owner thinks the birds are called. Yes, a Delaware parent would account for that quite nicely.

All the chicks appear to have single combs. A Delaware/Australorp cross would have a single comb. A Wyandotte cross would be more likely to have a rose comb, although some "Wyandottes" have single combs anyway (not supposed to, but there are reasons not to breed out the recessive gene for single combs.)

I think the one with the brown patterning is probably an Easter Egger cross, as you originally guessed. Many Easter Eggers have pea combs, and the chick has a single comb, so that would require an Easter Egger who at least carries the gene for single comb-- not too rare, since Cream Legbars became popular and started being bred into the Easter Egger flocks at some hatcheries. There's also a chance of that chick being a Delaware-cross, although I think that is less likely.

I'm thinking the father may not be pure Australorp, just like the father of the yellow chick is probably not a pure Cuckoo Marans. Both Black Australorp and Cuckoo Marans should be pure for the E gene that makes chickens black all over-- but the patterned chick in this batch and the yellow chick do not have that gene, which is impossible if their father is actually pure for the gene (well, impossible unless a new mutation happens, but mixed chickens are very much more common than random mutations, so I always assume mixing as the first explanation.)

 

[Millsa]

Looks partridge. Also has a headspot, so it'll grow up Barred too.

I thought headspots meant male?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I thought headspots meant male?

Only if the mother was Barred, & Father solid.
Solid Roo X Barred Hen = Male chicks with headspots, & Solid Female chicks(No Headspot).

 

[Shipgirl]

A buff/white barred bird has got to be pretty. That is super exciting. I need to hatch mooooore!

 

[MysteryChicken]

A buff/white barred bird has got to be pretty. That is super exciting. I need to hatch mooooore!

Look up Lemon Cuckoo Orpington?

 

[Shipgirl]

Only if the mother was Barred, & Father solid.
Solid Roo X Barred Hen = Male chicks with headspots, & Solid Female chicks(No Headspot).

And my chicks had a solid roo. (Except the buff, which was from a separate hatch and has a cuckoo marans father)

 

[MysteryChicken]

And my chicks had a solid roo. (Except the buff, which was from a separate hatch and has a cuckoo marans father)

Then all Barred chicks from the one batch are boys.